This is how many calories are in your favourite Easter eggs

Danielle Fowler
·Freelance Writer
·5-min read
How many calories are in your favourite Easter eggs? (Getty Images)
How many calories are in your favourite Easter eggs? (Getty Images)

With Easter nearly here, it's likely you have already snapped up your favourite eggs. But from classic treats such as Creme Eggs to tasty Mini Eggs, just how many calories are in some of the UK’s bestselling Easter treats? Well, read on to find out.

If you’re planning to pop a couple of Creme Eggs into your basket then you may be surprised to learn just how many calories they hold.

A 40g Creme Egg contains 177 calories, but it's the sugar content that's really going to pack a sweet punch with 26g in each egg.

Considering current NHS recommendations state that added sugar should make up no more than 5% of our daily calorie intake, that's quite high. For adults, this means a maximum of 30g of sugar a day (the equivalent to seven sugar cubes roughly) so one Creme Egg is nearly your full daily sugar allowance.

Cadbury's Creme Eggs are seen in a London supermarket February 10, 2007. REUTERS/Alessia Pierdomenico (BRITAIN)
Cadbury's Creme Eggs - a solid favourite. (Getty Images)

A popular throwback favourite, the Freddo Faces medium Easter egg (96g) contains 536 calories per 100g and 56g of sugar per 100g.

Kids will love the cute Freddo Faces chocolates inside the egg. (Tesco)
Youngsters adore the cute Freddo Faces chocolates inside the egg. (Tesco)

There’s 528 calories per 100g worth of chocolate in a Large Maltesers Easter egg with 29g of fat and 58g of sugar per 100g.

If you gave up chocolate for Lent, you may want to make up for lost time. A 204g Galaxy Minstrels hollow egg contains 528 calories per 100g and there are 497 calories per 100g in the Minstrels that come with it.

The Galaxy Minstrels eggs comes with two bags of Minstrels. (Tesco)
The Galaxy Minstrels eggs comes with two bags of Minstrels. (Tesco)

According to the nutritional information, a Quality Street 495g Easter egg contains 531 calories per 100g. It comes with a bag of Quality Street Toffees, Fudge and Caramel containing 84 calories per two sweets.

Fans love the crunchy shell of Mini Eggs. (Tesco)
Fans love the crunchy shell of Mini Eggs. (Tesco)

Another Easter favourite, Mini Eggs. But in case you were curious – the 232g hollow egg weighs in at 536 calories with 31g of fat and 56g of sugar per 100g, while the two accompanying bags of Mini Eggs have 492 calories per 100g.

Since launching in the UK in 1983, Ferrero Rocher has been seen as a popular dinner party chocolate. (Tesco)
Ferrero Rocher launched its chocolates in the UK in 1983. (Tesco)

The prize for the most calorific Easter eggs goes to the Ferrero Rocher Golden Easter Milk Chocolate Egg that comes complete with three gold foil-wrapped treats.

Though the deliciously indulgent egg is likely worth every bite, it does contain a pretty hefty 625 calories per 100g for the egg and 603 calories per 100g for the extra Ferrero Rocher chocolates.

How many calories are in your favourite Easter egg? (Getty Images)
How many calories are in your favourite Easter egg? (Getty Images)

Tony's has become the go-to chocolate of choice in the last few years, but how do the calories stack up in this Easter offering?

This beautifully presented collection of 12 delicious, individually wrapped eggs with 10 different flavours, comes in at 544 calories per 100g.

Is it even Easter if you haven't tucked into at least one Lindt chocolate bunny? Turns out the dreamy treat is about average when it comes to calorie content with 544 calories for every delicious 100g consumed.

Is it even Easter without a Lindt bunny, but how many calories do they contain? (Getty Images)
Is it even Easter without a Lindt bunny, but how many calories do they contain? (Getty Images)

"Only the crumbliest, flakiest chocolate, tastes like chocolate never tasted before." Remember the old Flake advert? Well turns out that claim comes with a calorie caveat with each 100g of the Easter egg version containing 536 calories.

Each of the three Flake bars the egg comes with contains 134 calories each, but the retro chocolate is sure to take you right back to the 80s or 90s with every bite.

A classic choice this Easter, you'll find 528 calories in every 100g serving of this delicious treat, while a standard 51g Mars bar, which comes with it, has an additional 225 calories.

This hollow milk chocolate egg has Toblerone's signature honey and almond nougat pieces scattered throughout the shell and comes with six mini Toblerone bars. Both the egg and the bars come in at 528 calories per 100g.

The Toblerone Edgy Egg features the classic honey and almond nougat. (Tesco)
The Toblerone Edgy Egg features the classic honey and almond nougat. (Tesco)

This milk chocolate egg comes with two KitKat Chunky Lotus Biscoff bars. Both the egg and the bar contain 530 calories for every 100g.

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